EMERGENCY services rescued an injured rock climber who had fallen 3ft whilst scaling a crag.
On Saturday, January 25, at 3.25pm, paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) requested the support of the region’s two mountain rescue teams to assist an injured rock climber.
The climber had fallen 3m whilst climbing on Back Bowden Doors Crag, sustaining a lower leg injury.
Team members from both Northumberland National Park and North of Tyne Mountain Rescue Teams responded to the call.
As the volunteers travelled to the site, a community paramedic from NEAS administered medical care to the injured climber.
With temperatures dropping and darkness setting in, the mountain rescue volunteers were on site within an hour and stabilised the casualty, placing her into a vacuum mattress.
She was then placed in a warm sleeping bag before the team transferred her to a stretcher.
They then carried her out to a waiting ambulance at the scene.
A spokesperson from the Northumbria Mountain Rescue Service said: “This was the second full team call out in a week for both teams, although it was over much more quickly than the last deployment.
"Team members were stood down after two hours and 15 minutes with 17 team members involved.
“The team would like to wish the climber a speedy recovery."
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